This is a slideshow describing the issues behind bittorrent and the criminal investigation behind it.

1. Bittorrent By Justin Nahin

2. What is it? Bittorrent is a file sharing program built to help individual share files or programs. It is owned by the company, Bittorrent. It is a program that has been involved in multiple court cases and lawsuits. Clickable link

3. Why was this Chosen? I’ve used the program in the past and have some knowledge of it. I’ve been curious of this programs origins. This program is considered to be illegal by some. Is this program

4. The Company The company was made in 2004 by Bram Cohen and AshwinNavin. The company is located at San Francisco, Califonia 612 Howard St. The company produced the program in an effort to allow users to send files and information over long distance and in easy to access locations.

5. How does it work? The program works by having one person who has to program or file hosted to have others download off their file, called seeding. Many people obtain the program or file by getting pieces and parts of it, called leaching. Clickable link

6. What is it used for? The program is used by some companies to transfer large business files. This program can allow faster downloading of some free programs or files. The main one which is a legal issue is piracy, downloading copyrighted music or movies

7. Conflict Many movie industries have gone after individuals who downloaded or hosted download of the movie illegally. The program is claimed to be the reason for people to be able to download illegally. Many people believe the program has non-illegal uses, despite the bad reputation. Clickable link

8. Court Cases TorrentSpy a common search site for bittorent was brought down during a case in 2007 for destroying evidense. Chan Nai-ming a man in Hong Kong was placed on trial for sharing the movie, “Daredevil” in April 2005. HBO has distributed cease and desist order towards Bittorrent providers in 2007. Clickable link

9. Outside of the USA As mentioned before China has cracked down on file sharing. Finland had many administrators and moderators of a Bittorrent website arrested for running the website. The Pirate Bay an anti-copyright group originated in Sweden were raided by Swedish police. Clickable link

10. Is this Hate Justified? The program has been used multiple times for the use of Piracy. Many lawsuits have occurred from it’s usage. The program was originated to help send large files over long distances. It’s dependent on the what the user uses it for.

11. Good it is used for This program has been used by many businesses to send large files to it’s employees. The program is fast for sending large files across the internet by having the program obtain pieces from many sources. It helps many people obtain files or programs that are difficult to obtain. Clickable link

12. Economic Pros This program has helped create jobs within the Bittorrent company. The company is a million dollar corperation.

13. Summary The program was created to help send large files. It has been the main focus of many court cases and criminal investigations on copyright infringement. The program is still used for good purposes despite the bad rap the program has gotten.

14. In Conclusion The program itself is not the evil in these cases, it’s the users using a tool for bad reasons. The program like any tool can be used for good or bad. Will this program appear in court cases to come? I would recommend other programs like Zune or I-tunes to be used to find movies as the legal issues are nonexistent. Remember to be responsible with the tools you are given. Clickable link